Non-Standard Employment: when even the elite are precarious

By Tui McKeown

Presenting the results of a survey 240 professional workers in Australia who have moved into contract employment relationships

Much of the literature on non-standard employment highlights themes such as marginalisation and disadvantage. This look at the professionals suggests that those themes are just as relevant for the contractor sector of workers as it is to other forms of non-standard employment.

(Journal of Industrial Relations; vol. 47, no. 3, September 2005; pp277-93)